The passenger lists for ships leaving Hamburg in 1854 lists passengers by the
first letter of their surname. The 3rd "L" boarding one ship is my ancestor,
"Luth, Joh." (Johann). The 12th and nearly last "L" is "Luth, Ch." Please
help me use these clues to solve the puzzle.
"Ch." must be a very common given name that it can be abbreviated like this.
But to the German recorder is it Charles, Christoph, Christian, or Ch_____?
It makes a big difference to researchers.
Since the passengers are in random order within each first letter of the
surname, is it correct to assume that as the boarding passengers came through
the line, the recorder turned to the next line open under his or her surname
letter and entered the name?
Therefore, relatives and friends standing in line together, having the same
surname, would be listed together?
Therefore, a separation like this in the list means the "3rd Luth" was near
the front of the line and "12th Luth" was near the end of the line?
Therefore, they probably were not related or they would be together -- unless
one was late getting to the ship to meet the other who went ahead to save a
good spot in steerage for both of them?
Larry in Sacramento All good detectives can reply to:
llcampbell65@home.com
Hello Larry,
Are you looking at the ship's passenger list? Family are not always listed
together!
But on the Hamburg Emigration (Police registration?) film for 1854, it
should list families together with ages!
The abbreviations of your names should be what I listed below.
Ken Gruschow (Gr�schow) (M�ritz Lake area of Mecklenburg)
Hallo Larry,
You wrote the name Charles. Charles was never an German Name. In Germnay
is known only Karl or Carl. The other Style was the answer of public then the
revolution in 1832. The style Karl with "C" was in this time a trend and a sign
of sympathy to french and the ideas and ideal of the french revolution in 1830.
Many words with "K" are styled to "C"
Christian or Christoph or Christof is an other objekt. The name is be derived
from Christendom. It is an latin-greece name and mean a followers of
christendom. In the life public wrote most Chr., and the man know his name.
Passports the we know was bfor 150 years unkown. If you research to the man you
must always write Christian or Christoph.
Best wishes
Helmut
llcampbell65@home.com schrieb:
The passenger lists for ships leaving Hamburg in 1854 lists passengers by the
first letter of their surname. The 3rd "L" boarding one ship is my ancestor,
"Luth, Joh." (Johann). The 12th and nearly last "L" is "Luth, Ch." Please
help me use these clues to solve the puzzle.
"Ch." must be a very common given name that it can be abbreviated like this.
But to the German recorder is it Charles, Christoph, Christian, or Ch_____?
It makes a big difference to researchers.
Since the passengers are in random order within each first letter of the
surname, is it correct to assume that as the boarding passengers came through
the line, the recorder turned to the next line open under his or her surname
letter and entered the name?
Therefore, relatives and friends standing in line together, having the same
surname, would be listed together?
Therefore, a separation like this in the list means the "3rd Luth" was near
the front of the line and "12th Luth" was near the end of the line?
Therefore, they probably were not related or they would be together -- unless
one was late getting to the ship to meet the other who went ahead to save a
good spot in steerage for both of them?
Larry in Sacramento All good detectives can reply to:
llcampbell65@home.com
Helmut
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